Acer Laptop Tour

Just like we give the students a "tour" of their textbook at the beginning of the year, Carissa Shaw and I created a tour of their new laptops.

Laptop Tour

Using Padlet to Teach Image Citation

Our students need to be able to find, use, and cite copyright-friendly images in their projects. You can use Padlet, a free, online bulletin board, to help them learn how to do this.

Depending on the age of the students, you can modify the requirements for citing the images you find. Ideally, you should include the following (or as many of them as you can find for your image):

• Title of the image
• Author
• Source
• License (Creative Commons type, note that the image is public domain, or a statement that the image is used with permission)

The example below was created by 3rd grade students. They were only instructed to include the photographer's name below their own. Older students would of course be asked to include more complete information.

Created with Padlet

Lesson steps:

1. Before the lesson, create a Padlet wall where the information will be posted. 
2. Discuss the importance of citing sources for anything students have not created themselves. Explain the citation format you want students to use.
3. Instruct students to find an image by using search.creativecommons.org. This will ensure that any media they find should be licensed for reuse. The students doing the project above looked for landforms and the natural environment.
4. Students copy the image url.
5. On the Padlet wall, students double click to add a note. They paste in the url and add the citation information.

For more specific information about image citation, see this page on the Creative Commons wiki.

Gold and Salt Trade

Gold and Salt Trade

  Explore how the Gold and Salt Trade affected life in Africa.        

Using the links you will read, listen, watch, or view items on the gold and salt trade in Africa. You will write a brief summary of what you learned and notes on the information on the right side of the table.

Trade

in Africa:

Information: Click on the link bellow	What I learned/ Notes	Questions
“Sub- saharan Survey” On google classroom
Map of African Empires
The Ghana Empire
The Mali Empire
The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade
“Islam in Timbuktu” On google classroom

Review Questions:

1. How does the geography of Africa affect its economy?
2. What aspects helped Mali and Ghana become rich and powerful empires (think geography, resources, and location)?
3. What are some ways Islam came to Africa?
4. How did the influence of Islamic culture aid the west african empires?
5. How did they hinder the west african empires?